Nasty neologisms

[amateur51]

amateur51

Remember when Human Resources Management used to be called Personnel?

A few months ago, while doing my voluntary job, I was greeted by a young lady of some nineteen summers who wore a badge labelled "Overseas visitor experience co-ordination executive "

poor wee scrap!

[ahinton]

amateur51

Remember when Human Resources Management used to be called Personnel?

A few months ago, while doing my voluntary job, I was greeted by a young lady of some nineteen summers who wore a badge labelled "Overseas visitor experience co-ordination executive "

I presume that, unless the point size was too small to read other than at invasively close quarters, she must have had quite an area of bosom upon which to place this badge.

[amateur51]

I presume that, unless the point size was too small to read other than at invasively close quarters, she must have had quite an area of bosom uponwich to place this badge.

[Bryn]

I well recall when, back in the '60s, in the Scientific Civil Service, "Scientific Assistant" became "Assistant Scientific Officer". Still, it was at least a little less misleading than "Research Assistant" at the Heating and Ventilating Research Association, which referred to a post requiring but 5 GCE 'O' levels including Maths and a Science.

[ahinton]

a Jargon Generator. Three columns of words. You could take any one word from each column to make a three word phrase that would give you an equally, simultaneously, meaningful and meaningless description.

http://www.elsewhere.org/pomo/

Enjoy!

[ahinton]

I well recall when, back in the '60s, in the Scientific Civil Service, "Scientific Assistant" became "Assistant Scientific Officer". Still, it was at least a little less misleading than "Research Assistant" at the Heating and Ventilating Research Association, which referred to a post requiring but 5 GCE 'O' levels including Maths and a Science.

"Senior Refuse Collection and Disposal Technician" always struck me as an especially egregious attempt at reclassifying the Chief Dustperson.